--- title: Joshua 3:8 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.' Who acts: thou, priests, ye. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, priests, ye), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JOS:50 # text = And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 17 When when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 brink brink NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | shall | thou | the priests | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent priest=Eventuality | | 2 | **bear** | present | the priests | the ark of the covenant | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | present · passive | ye | | | the brink of the waters of the Jordan | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brink=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **stand** | shall | ye | | | the Jordan | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jordan=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְאַתָּ֗ה תְּצַוֶּה֙ אֶת־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים נֹשְׂאֵ֥י אֲרֽוֹן־הַבְּרִ֖ית לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּבֹאֲכֶ֗ם עַד־קְצֵה֙ מֵ֣י הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן בַּיַּרְדֵּ֖ן תַּעֲמֹֽדוּ׃פ [Joshua 3:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.3.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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